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G. W. NOBLE. STUD.

urmo'rlon NLB JULY 32.1901.

917,478, Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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CLARENCE w. NOBLE, oF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. `r

i Patented April 6, 1909.

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To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known 'that I, CLARENCE W. NOBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba, Canada, have Invented certain new and useful Improvements in Studs, of which the following Isa specification.

y invention relates to improvements in bridge-work, 6to.; and .one of my objects is to provide a devlce of this ch aracter which embodies great strength and rigidity so that it will successfully car the loads and strains to which it is subjects A further object is to provide a member which is equally adapted for a variety of purposes, for Instance, one that may be used in an upright position and perform the function of a stud by incorporating it in a solid or a hollow wall, or may be used in a horizontal position and perform the function of a joist or rafter by incorporating it in a ceiling.

A furthei; object is to provide {nembers which are so shaped that two or more may be readily spliced together without the use of extraneous fastening devices, when it is desired to use longer members than the standard lengths received from rolling-mills.

Referrin now to the accompanying drawing, which i lustrates the invention: Figure l shows one'of the members incorporated in a solid partition Wall. Fig. 2-shows the member incorporatedin a hollow partition wall. Fig. 3 shows the member incorporate-'l in a furred ceiling. Fig. 4 shows the member incorporated in a furred wall. Fig. 5 is a cross section of two members spliced to other.

inthe drawing the numeral 1 esignfites broadly my improved stud which is of sheet metal of suiiicient thickness to render it practicall non-resilient, and is preferably producel in suitable standard lengths and of a variet of -sizes as different structural work nig?, emand. In cross section it is substant y U-shaped as seen, base turned upward at its edges at ri ht angies into olpostely-disposed sides 2 o equal andthe latter at their free edges are consisting of a flatbent inward at acute angles into narrow vmarginal flanges 4.

, I prefer to use acute-angles as shown, so that the flanges shall stan oblique to both sides and the base and also at an angle to each other--therebfl producing by simple meansa, single stu having parts 'standlng edgewise in four different planes, whereb the reatest possible stre t is secured wit 1 the least amount of meta and' the stud will resist strain in any direction' which mi ht cause itto buckle. The flanges 4in a di tion to roinforcin the stud,V artly` close the plan side of a pocet 5 forme therein, hence en the stud is embedded in a solid wall, as s own in Fig. 1, andthe pocket becomes 'filled `with part of the material of which the wall is constructed, said material will be held therein by the inturnedilanges 4, and the stud and the wallwill be firmly locked together.

6 designates ametal lath which may be secured to base 3, as shown inFigs. 1, 3, and 4, or to sides 2, as shown in Fig. 2, by fastening devices 7 consistin preferably of short lengths of wire. Said astenin devices are preferably passed throu h open ngs 8 in the member, but when it is desired to obtain the maximum strength of the latter said openings are omitte are extended entirely around tho member.

Vhen the member is employed in the formation of a hollow wall havin a wide air space 9, as shown in Fi 2, the width of base 3 is increased so that sies 2, which carry the lath in this case, will be spread farther apart.

en it is desired to s lice twomembers together, the marginal anges on the first member are bent outwardly, as indicated by dotted lines Fig. 5,` to receivethe mar inal flanges of the second member, whic is turned to a corres ending sition and 'pped into the first t ed y' distance and then clamped therein by/bending in the outturned marginal flan 4s on'the firstmember.

he members are furt er secured together by and the fastening devices' forming interlocking indentations or scallops g 1 smi'ia 10 in their marginal flanges, es shown in sisting of e, substantially U-shaped body with Fig. 5. A A l intnrned.rerginel en es at'thefree edges rom the aboveA description it is ilperent "of vite sides, and inter oeki'ng indentetions that I have produced e device containing ell formed in seid flanges. 5 the features of advantage above enumerated. l In testimony whereof I affix my signature Having thus described my invention, what i in the presence of two witnesses.

I claim iszl CLARENCE W. NOBLE A compound stud comprising two like l Witnesses: members extendingr in corresponding positions Bmssm FRYER,

s3 and teleseoped one into the other,eeeh con- P. J. P'noo'rla'n. 

